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Joanne Thornton, a former Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) and trained dyslexia teacher, has been a Cogmed provider for over 8 years. Through her practice in Bath, UK, Joanne uses Cogmed to help her clients better cope with the demands of school and adult life. In this interview, she shares some of her client success stories and describes why Cogmed is an intervention everyone could benefit from.
Cogmed is a digital training program for improving working memory and attention But what, exactly, is working memory? This video provides a brief introduction to the subject, covering key aspects of working memory and the cognitive functions it supports.
Part two of our four part series on working memory.
The ins and outs of working memory training.
"Out of all the interventions we've done so far, this is the only one where we've seen meaningful change in our child's functioning."
The benefits associated with working memory training.
Four of our top coaches describe the importance of working memory, and how Cogmed can improve it.
Three of our top providers share why they use Cogmed as part of their clinical practice.
Dr. Alyson Aviv shares how Cogmed helped one of her clients increase academic performance.
Working memory capacity is an important factor in a child’s development, largely defining the child’s ability for controlled attention, and influencing outcomes in other areas such as academic performance. One in six children lags three or more years behind in working memory development, and the chances of ever catching up entirely are small.
Different ways of asking whether “cognitive training works” have haunted educators, clinical psychologists, and neuroscientists alike for decades. The most recent research studies, however, make promising contributions to the field by covering a broader set of outcome variables, longer time spans, and larger populations than ever studied before.